Benjamin Lowy: The photographer documenting war with a cell phone
People don’t like to be confronted with something outside of their everyday little world.
Alfonso Moral : Shadows of Tripoli – Laureate 2015 of Pierre & Alexandra Boulat prize
The project, “Shadows of Tripoli”, aims to show daily life in this divided city, and the constant problems faced by a population that is permanently threatened.
On That Riot Cop/Bus Photo After Police Kill Black Man in Charlotte
It’s an organic interpretation, framing the situation as a hardened inevitability because these fatal incidents just don’t stop, in spite of the efforts by earnest and identifiable community leaders, elected and legal officials, as well as law enforcement by the light of day
What We See When We Look at Travel Photography
On the visual, and psychological, contradictions of pictures from the road.
Foreign Reporters in China Face More Restrictions Now, Report Says
“Of course, we can’t compare this to the pressures felt by Chinese writers,” Ms. Nossel said. “But we are dependent on the critical link that foreign correspondents play. They are an important piece of the puzzle of understanding China.”
Flickr Marketplace Is No More
As to why Marketplace is on the way out, Flickr cited “consistent feedback” from users that more worked needed to be done to improve the platform.
APAD Backyard Storytelling Grant
We got entries from 27 different countries for the 2016 APAD Backyard Storytelling Grant, including Iran, Bangladesh & Ukraine… with issues equally as diverse as our entrants themselves. And on behalf of the judges Greg Kahn, Daniella Zalcman, and myself, we’re excited to announce our 2016 APAD Backyard Storytelling Grant recipient — Tommaso Rada.
Looking Back: Alternative Photography in the Digital Age — Panel Discussion
This panel on Alternative Photography addresses the increased interest in analog photography in the current digital age. Many photographers, especially artists, find their vision is not well served by current digital photographic practices. Alternative, analog film based and original processes offer a diverse palette for artists who feel digital doesn’t work well with their vision and working methods. Moderated by Geoffrey Berliner with Jolene Lupo, Molly Rapp, and Daniel Estabrook.
Paris vs Shanghai, Mirrors between East and West
A priori there is nothing common between Paris and Shanghai. Bringing together these two different cities may seem surprising but the confrontation through images seemed particularly interesting because I worked for several years on a project called “Black Light”. It’s a series of books on iconic cities with the spirit of a “crime thriller”.
Michael von Graffenried, Rio in panoramic format
Von Graffenried holds his camera at the level of his navel and shoots blind, unnoticed by the people around him. Because he’s very tall and experienced, his navel is an excellent eye.
Photographing Lagos, ‘As Much an Experience as a Place’
Robin Hammond: I have been an outsider most of my life. As an immigrant or photographer in the countries where I have lived and worked, I have not truly belonged. I’ve been a foreigner for so long that I don’t really know anything else. It has become part of who I am.
15 Photoville Exhibitions We Can’t Wait to See
There’s nothing like Photoville. For New York City’s single largest annual photography event, United Photo Industries has repurposed over sixty shipping containers, transforming them into miniature art galleries lining Brooklyn Bridge Park.
Just 8 Years Ago….
It’s rare as a photographer you are in the position where time, space, and circumstance intersect, and that you can make a picture which reflects it all.
Lloyd Ziff, New York/Los Angeles
This two-volume publication encompasses more than 40 years of black/white and color photography. As both cities change before Ziff’s inquiring camera lens, his unique vision emerges, amused and ironic, finding beauty and surprise in daily urban life
Photoville: Mustafah Abdulaziz, Water Stories
By spotlighting the ways in which we behave towards our resources, the project sets the stage for viewers to see themselves in a greater global dialogue. This is the future of the work: unifying water as both a physical resource and a conceptual idea.
Under the Brooklyn Bridge, the New Photoville
Photoville, the unorthodox New York photography festival where images are presented in shipping containers, began in 2011 with a simple premise: to bring high-quality photography to the broadest audience possible.
The Bore Tides of the Qiantang River
For hundreds of years, on the eighth month of the lunar calendar, people have gathered along the shores of China’s Qiantang River at the head of Hangzhou Bay to witness the waves of its famous bore tide. Higher-than-normal high tides push into the harbor, funneling into the river, causing a broad wave that can reach up to 30 feet high. If the waves surge over the banks, spectators can be swept up, pushed along walkways or down embankments. Below, I’ve gathered images from the past few years of the Qiantang bore tides.
Our Favorite Titles from the 2016 NY Art Book Fair
Last Sunday marked the final day of the 11th annual NY Art Book Fair at MoMA PS1 in Long Island City, Queens, The annual event put on by the famous Chelsea book store Printed Matter is a magnet for connoisseurs and enthusiasts of art books and print work published independently by vendors from far flung corners of the globe. It is free and open to public, making it one of the most accessible events for those looking to add books and ephemera to their collections.